On Oct. 31, any student who went into the Activity Center would have seen many little witches, super heroes, princesses and even some little Si Robertsons running around playing games and getting candy. These children were participating in the Fall Carnival sponsored by the WT CORE Office. Many campus organizations set up booths in the All Purpose Room at the Virgil Hansen Activities Center.
“I am a member of SAGE, which is Students Assisting in Good Endeavors, and we are a community service group,” Miles Messer, a senior Civil Engineering major, said. “All of our events are about community service and helping people, so the Fall Carnival is a good way to just come help some kids have fun on Halloween.”
All of the booths that the organizations had set up were very fun for the children who attended the event. The booths had games and candy for them to enjoy, and the students working the booths had donned Halloween costumes to entertain the children.
“Within SAGE, we have a few groups here at the carnival,” Messer said. “All of these groups have different booths set up which all have games and candy for the kids, as well as tickets they can win for the prizes here at the carnival.”
Another part of the Fall Carnival that got positive feedback was the pumpkin carving contest.
“We actually teamed up with the Cornette Library to do a pumpkin carving and decorating contest for the organizations,” Casandra Ruiz, a sophomore English major and student worker in the CORE Office, said. “There is a first, second and third place for the pumpkins and a trophy for the winners, so that will be fun.”
The students on campus were able to vote on the pumpkins that they wanted to win, and the pumpkins were on display at the carnival for the community to vote on as well. First prize in the tournament went to Raquel Escalante, a senior Psychology major, for her pumpkin called “Owlita.”
The Fall Carnival was an event that the CORE Office put together for the children in the community who are 12 years old and younger. Even though the students of WT were not able to attend the event, they still believe that the event is a great thing for the school and the community.
“I think it is a great thing for college students to help out the kids in our area,” Keith Augustine, a sophomore Mechanical Engineering major, said. “It also gives the kids a safe and secure environment to have fun and get candy on Halloween.”
